What’s the Story on the New Facebook Stories?

Facebook Stories is a new Facebook website that compiles a selection of user-generated stories from Facebook and publishes insights on the topic of the month. For this first installment, Facebook's project has collected and analyzed stories based on life events users published to their individual Timelines for their first monthly theme, Remembering. These life events include travel updates, relationship status changes, and status updates about everything from getting new pets to breaking bones. One story tells the tale of Mayank Sharma, who suffered a total memory loss after battling tubercular meningitis. He used Facebook’s People You May Know to get back in touch with family and friends. In another, the Guelph, Ontario, owner of the Apollo Eleven diner shares his experience trying to restore the historical building that houses his business. It’s a feel-good, warm and fuz...